Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Trudeau’s ill-considered Senate bombshell

I have a bonus column on Loonie Politics today after today's surprise bombshell from Justin Trudeau where he kicked out every senator from his caucus on the principle that he was trying to make the Senate "non-partisan." In the column, I explain some of the principles around Responsible Government for why we have government and opposition roles that are partisan in both chambers, and point to some of the dangers in some of the ways that Trudeau is proposing to revise the appointment process.

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